Opinion
Smart, reasonable
By Howard Swinimer, Sterling
[October 18, 2005] If all voters had the benefit of viewing the debate between Del. Dick Black and David Poisson, Mr. Poisson would be a landslide winner.
Mr. Black deployed a variety of dirty tricks from misrepresenting Mr. Poisson's position on a number of issues, to questioning the residency of the members of the audience and finally deliberately mispronouncing Mr. Poisson's name, trying to to discredit his opponent, but the only one he discredited was himself.
Mr. Poisson did not sink himself to the low level where Mr. Black chose to reside, but instead gave a thoughtful explanation of his positions. Mr. Poisson made it clear that his allegiance would be to the citizens of Loudoun County and to policies that would improve their lives and not to any political party, church or other special interest group.
Mr. Black's solution to every problem from pornography to gangs was the death penalty. Mr. Black seemed to take a voyeuristic delight in describing sexually explicit scenarios that supposedly offended him. If the death penalty doesn't work, Mr. Black is ready to rescind the first amendment as Mr. Black is able to divine the inner thoughts of the Founding Fathers.
Mr. Black is good at motivating his radical conservative supporters to vote. It is up to the moderate majority of Loudoun residents to go to the polls and vote for Mr. Poisson and give our district a delegate as smart and reasonable as we are.
[Published in Loudoun Times-Mirror, October 18, 2005]
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